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# Blue and White Jar with Fish among Lotus, Ming Dynasty

Broad blue and white porcelain jar painted with large fish swimming among lotus and water weeds below a band of flower scrolls, Ming dynasty.

**Period:** [Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)
**Category:** [Ming Dynasty Porcelain](https://realrareantiques.com/product-category/antique-chinese-porcelain/ming-dynasty-porcelain/)
**Dimensions:** Height 30 cm · Width 32 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0095
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A [blue and white](https://realrareantiques.com/chinese-blue-and-white-porcelain/) porcelain jar of broad, squat form, with wide rounded shoulders, a short upright neck and a spreading foot. The neck is painted with waves, and the shoulder with a scroll of peonies and other flowers on leafy stems between blue lines. The main band shows spiny-finned fish swimming among lotus flowers and leaves, duckweed and long water weeds. Below, a narrow lattice band runs above a ring of petal panels round the foot, each enclosing a flower spray. The blue is dark and heavy in places, where the jar stood close to the fire in the kiln.

The glaze has a creamy tone and an overall crackle. The flat base and the foot rim are unglazed, the base fired a warm orange and marked with concentric throwing rings. We attribute the jar to the [early Ming dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/early-ming-dynasty/).

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